Jupiter - Voyager 1

Jupiter's Great Red Spot and White Oval

This image of Jupiter's Great Red Spot and one of its white ovals was taken on 1 March 1979 from a
distance of 4.3 million km. The white ovals appear to be long-lived features similar in nature to the
Great Red Spot. They were seen to form in 1939 and 1940 and have persisted since that time.
Features as small as 80 km across can be resolved in this image.
The white oval is roughly 12000 km across and north is at about 10:30.
(Voyager 1, P-21181)
Larger size: 176 K jpg